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Old 07-30-2005, 01:36 AM   #1
Captain Harlock
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Question cryptsetup - command failed: invalid argument


Currently using Debian unstable, kernel 2.6.11-1-k7.
I'm not sure what happened between today and a couple days ago, but any insight would help.

I was just trying to mount my encrypted partition (/dev/hda4) and received "Command failed: Invalid argument" from cryptsetup.
I used the command properly, just like many times before:
$ sudo /sbin/cryptsetup create cryptonite /dev/hda4

I've also received this as root when running /etc/init.d/cryptdisks
Code:
/proc/misc: No entry for device-mapper found
Is device-mapper driver missing from kernel?
/dev/mapper/control: open failed: No such device
Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.
/proc/misc: No entry for device-mapper found
Is device-mapper driver missing from kernel?
/dev/mapper/control: open failed: No such device
Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.
Incompatible libdevmapper 1.01.03 (2005-06-13)(compat) and kernel driver
Command failed

Crisis averted. Solution found.
After downgrading to libdevmapper1.01.00-4 I was able to mount my encrypted partition.

Last edited by Captain Harlock; 07-30-2005 at 01:41 PM.
 
Old 03-23-2006, 12:38 PM   #2
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Hi - I have this same problem, but it won't go away with different versions of libdevmapper (sys-fs/device-mapper in Gentoo).

I really need a fix because all my backup partitions are encrypted - so I can't make or restore from backups until crypsetup is working again...

Please help!

/edit:
Using sys-fs/device-mapper-1.01.03 and sys-fs/cryptsetup-luks-1.0.1-r1
If anyone thinks I should ask this in a new thread, please say so and I will. (And I'll delete this post/link it to the new one)

Last edited by Napalm Llama; 03-23-2006 at 12:41 PM.
 
Old 05-09-2006, 01:18 AM   #3
A.Thyssen
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Cryptsetup

I also have seen this.

cryptsetup create hda8 /dev/hda8
Command failed: Invalid aguement

Strangly however the following does work!!!

cryptsetup create x /dev/hda8
Enter passphrase:

Also x_hda8 works too!
It looks like it is reacting to something about the label!
All in all it is very very weird!
 
  


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